Tent or tether peg.



No. 781,221. H PATENT-ED JAN. 31', 1905 V I 1 T. MORRIS.- v TENT 0RTETHER PEG. Arrmoniox runnin 4.1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

, TENT 0R TETHER PEG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,221, dated January31, 1905.

Application filed August 4, 1903- 1 Serial No. 168,202-

. To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS MoRRIs, manufacturer, a resident ofMornington, Dunedin, New Zealand, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tent or Tether Pegs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to pegs or stakes for making fast to the earthtent-ropes, animal tether-ropes, and the like, and in particular tothose pegs that have a head and neck pro- 'vided with a corkscrew-body.Its objects are to provide a peg with an arrangement in its neck for thepurpose of facilitating the securing of a rope thereto and also toprovide a locking-pin for thepurpose of holding the peg securely in theground. In another form the neck is bent at an angle with a horizontalprojection thereon, so that the peg may be screwed Vertically into theground until the projection lies close to the surface of the ground. 1

The invention consists of the features an combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.V

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-numbers indicate thesame or similar parts. v

Figure 1 is a view of the invention in its straight form. Fig. 2 is aview of the invention with neck bent and a projection thereto. Fig. 3 isa view of a special locking-pin.

The peg in its straight form has a straight neck 1, a corkscrew-body 2,an eye 3 at its head, and a hook 4 below the eye on the neck. This eye 3is for the purpose of enabling an eye 5 on the rope 6 to be readilypassed through it and placed on the hook 4, affording a secure hold whenthe peg is inserted into the ground. A locking-pin 8 is secured to theeye 3 by a connecting chain or rope 7 This connection prevents the pinfrom being lost from the rope. This locking-pin 8 is thrust from thesurface to pass through and engage on the threads of the corkscrew asnear as practicable at right angles thereto, so as to increasetheresistance of the corkscrew to being withdrawn from the earth by astrain on the rope. A loop 12 is formed at the bottom of the neck or onthe corkscrew-body, so that the locking-pin 8 may be thrust through itinstead of the threads of the corkscrew, as

above described, and so prevent the rotation of the peg under strain.

A special locking-pin is illustrated in Fig. 3namely, like a hairpinwith an eye at the head. This form of pinis adapted to embrace with itslegs the thread of. the corkscrew and resist the tendency of the latterto slip round under strain.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2 the neck has a bend9' in it at an angle of about forty-five degrees with the earth orhorizontal line 10. This form is also provided on one side with a flatpiece 11 at the bend 9, projecting in the same direction that the neckis bent, said piece being adapted to lie along the surface of the groundwhen the peg is inserted into the ground. This projecting pieceincreases the resisting power of the corkscrew-body by taking part ofthe strain of the rope. r I

The peg is inserted into the ground at the estimated angle which therope will have with it when taut and so that the hook and eye willassume the position illustrated and in the case of Fig. 2 until theprojecting piece lies on the ground. The locking-pin is then thrust intoplace and the eye of the rope is then passed through the eye ofthe pegand placed over the hook. A guy-rope may be similarly passed intoposition and tightened in the usual manner. I through the eye and usedto assist in twisting the peg round.

Having now described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'

1. -A peg consisting of a neck w th an eye at its head and a hook on theneck below the eye, a corkscrew-body and a locking-pin substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. A peg consisting of a neck with an eye at its head, a hook on theneck below the eye,

The locking-pin may be inserted a corkscrew body, a loop on said peg anda In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my look1ng-p1n connected withsaid peg substanhand 1n presence of two Witnesses. tially as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. In a peg comprising a neck and a cork- THOMAb MORRIS 5 screw-body alocking-pin and a loop on the Witnesses:

peg substantially as and for the purposes set A. J. PARK,

forth. J. L. PARK.

